butor

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French butor, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its deep booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /by.tɔʁ/ === Noun === butor m (plural butors) bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae) boor, oaf ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: butor === Further reading === “butor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French butor (“bittern”), from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”). === Noun === butor m (plural butors) (Jersey) stupid person == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”). Cognates include Old Galician-Portuguese betouro (Galician abetouro), Spanish avetoro. === Noun === butor oblique singular, m (oblique plural butors, nominative singular butors, nominative plural butor) bittern (bird) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: butor French: butor→ Catalan: butor → Middle Dutch: butoor Dutch: butoor → Middle English: bitour, botor English: bittern → Translingual: Botaurus